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I don't understand why American gyms are set up in this way when in the UK almost everywhere lets you pay by the month with no cancellation fee. One of our big
by throwaway22032 3y ago
I don't understand why American gyms are set up in this way when in the UK almost everywhere lets you pay by the month with no cancellation fee.
One of our biggest chains Puregym has something like a 20 quid joining fee that you can usually get around with a promotion. That's it. Most of the gyms have day passes for about £7 as well, more expensive in bigger cities sure.
I don't understand how the "economics" can be so different. It's a box with some machines in it.
- alimw 3y agoI dunno, my local (council-affiliated "Better" brand) gym claims exactly that in its advertising — that you pay by the month with no cancellation fee — but it turns out when you go to cancel that they have already laid claim to the next month's payment too and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. On that day I certainly wished I had it on its own special account that I could just close.
- neillyons 3y agoI noticed this too. That is pretty dodgy considering Better is council affiliated. I was able to avoid them taking the next months payment by cancelling my direct debit from my banking app. I also recommend virtual cards https://monzo.com/help/monzo-plus/virtual-cards-what/ https://monzo.com/help/monzo-plus/virtual-cards-what/ for making payments online, and Apple Pay for paying for things in person.
- theriddlr 3y agoDavid Lloyd in the UK is like Hotel California: "You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!" the 3-month contract is actually 4 months the 12-month contract is actually 15 months Impossible to get out of the contract unless a you have doctor's letter for injury or you move further than 20 miles from a branch. There's no point signing up on a contract either as they raise prices mid-contract.